Today
How to beat the busyness curse
If you’re filling every waking hour with something to do, you may be overcompensating for not wanting to be idle – but there is a middle path.
- Arthur Brooks
This Month
Great work: Gen Z’s anti-hustle ethos may hurt their careers
A new survey shows the number of anti-hustle job ads has risen 30 per cent since the pandemic as employers emphasise work-life balance to entice young workers.
- Sophia Money-Coutts
- Analysis
- Legal industry
Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer, Mark O’Brien, is on a losing streak
Losses in high-profile cases have experts wondering if Sydney’s client-friendly defamation culture is changing.
- Aaron Patrick
The four steps that change your behaviour - and achieve goals
Rather than setting goals, we are better off finding cues to trigger new habits.
- Amantha Imber
- Opinion
- Gender pay gap
How to fix construction’s female problem
The gender pay gap in construction is entirely not surprising when the female participation in the industry is so low. Here are five strategies to fix it.
- Alison Mirams
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The rise of the home husband
Changes in the structure of work make it more likely wives will go to the office and men will work from their abode.
- The Economist
March
How I went from a navy diver to KPMG partner
Welcome to our fortnightly AFR series featuring professionals who have made a big career leap into the unknown.
- Tess Bennett
No degree required: Canva, WiseTech and Culture Amp’s new workforce
Companies are relaxing or eliminating such qualifications from their job ads to access deeper talent pools.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Women to watch
This is how to win the productivity prize
If a country used only half its factories, it would waste a lot of its productive potential. The same is true if we tap into only half of society’s brainpower.
- Danielle Wood
The 30 jobs earning surprise spots in the $100k club
Seek’s list is a mix of white-collar and blue-collar jobs, but a $100,000 salary is not what it used to be.
- Euan Black